Published 4:00 am, Thursday, July 18, 1996

Bravo, who leads the Clash with nine goals this season, scored his first goal in the 14th minute, taking a cross from Missael Espinoza and tapping in a low shot to the far post. Bravo's second goal came off a throw-in from Ben Iroha in the 50th minute.

"I was just fortunate enough to be the last guy to touch the ball on two very good plays by my teammates," Bravo said.

Colorado's only score came in the 80th minute when Shaun Bartlett netted a cross from Chris Henderson, who had beaten two defenders to get to the top of the penalty area.

San Jose goalkeeper Dave Salzwedel made seven saves, including two in the last minute, to secure the win for San Jose.

The Clash (9-8) maintained its share of third place in the Western Conference with the Dallas Burn (11-9, 25 points), who won 5-2 over the first-place Los Angeles Galaxy (12-4, 32 points). Kansas City (10-9, 26 points) remains in second place.

"This race is tightening up, like we knew it would, and we're just starting to hit our stride," said Clash coach Laurie Calloway. "If we keep this up, it's going to make for a very interesting second half."